If Sue is around (or other Canadians), do Canadians use government/administration the way we do here in the U.S., or does "government" refer to the present administration, as in Europe?
I have now considered the usage of "government" so much, I'm not sure how we use it.
People def. refer to the current administration as the Government.
People will also use goverment to describe the bureacracy that supports the Government.
The governing and opposition parties as a whole are the Parliament federally, legislature or legislative assembly, provincially.
The elected ministers in charge of portfolios are Cabinet or Privy Council (fed.) or Executive Council or Government in Council.
Vegas odds. Sometimes the house wins.
I thought the house always wins.
My electric bill (taking into account that my A/C and heat are both electric) runs from $30/mo in the spring and fall to $120 in the winter (if it's really cold out) or summer (if it's really hot all month).
How is it only 2:30? Has time stopped!?!
New water heater is installed and our water is back on - just waiting for it to heat up enough for me to take a shower. We pay about $30/month for water.
But we only pay $6 a month for our trash valet. Never had such great garbage service before and I used to pay a TON more.
Yeah, on those budget plans they true it up every so often.
I personally am saving on my bill right now because the GD power is out. Naturally I'm on deadline. Feh.
